LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Shipwash Lightvessel
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 6.50 on the evening of the 4th of July, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that there was a very sick man in the Shipwash light- vessel and asked if the life-boat would put off with a doctor. At seven o'clock the no....
Green Drake
Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 9th of September, 1957, the coxswain of the life-boat saw a dismasted yacht capsize about half a mile off shore. The life-boat Beryl Tollemache was launched at 3.15 in a rough sea. There...
Caraboa
Dungeness, Kent.—At 12.38 on the afternoon of the 22nd of September, 1957, the Lade coastguard telephoned that a small motor boat was anchored, with her engine broken down, off the coastguard look-out. Her crew of three were waving a flag on...
The Morecambe Bay Lightvessel
FATHER WAS ILL Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 2.30 p.m.
on 13th April, 1964, the superintendent of the Trinity House depot at Holyhead informed the honorary secretary that the father of one of the crew members of the Morecambe...
Naom Brigid
JUST IN TIME Fenit, Co. Kerry. At 1.15 p.m. on 22nd June, 1964, Valentia radio informed the honorary secretary that an unknown fishing vessel was in serious difficulties 5! miles north-north-east of Loop Head.
There was a...
The Dowsing Lightvessel
PATIENT ON LIGHTVESSEL At 10.37 a-m- on 2^th August, 1964, a superintendent of Trinity House told the coxswain superintendent that a sick man on board Dowsing lightvessel needed urgent medical attention and requested the use of the life-boat...
Cairnbin
WATER POURED IN At 10.55 P-m- on 22nd August, 1964, the coastguard informed the coxswain that flares had been seen east-north-east of North Cockle buoy. There was a moderate sea with a gentle south-southwesterly breeze and the tide was at...
Moonstone II
STRANDED ON SANDS At 5.50 p.m. on 7th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a sailing yacht, stranded on the Goodwin sands due east of the station, needed help. Choppy seas were breaking over the five-ton Moonstone...
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BOY WAS TRAPPED At 8.50 p.m. on roth September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a boy was trapped 60 feet up the cliffs near Heddons Mouth. It was high water with a smooth sea and a gentle westerly breeze. At 9.12 the...
Pagan
HAD BROKEN BOOM Later again on the same day, at 9.5 p.m., the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was firing flares about half a mile south of the Needles.
The tide was rising with a rough sea and strong...